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[ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!
- Subject: [ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!
- From: yahoo at jimpop.com (Jim Popovitch)
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:24:08 -0400
- In-reply-to: <1219182293.25674.0.camel@zest>
- References: <003301c90200$e959c5c0$0301000a@S0030153310> <[email protected]> <1219182293.25674.0.camel@zest>
2008/8/19 Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>:
> I keep seeing this said over and over again, and I keep wondering: Are
> the attackers _really_ that stupid?
No, they are fairly crafty at times. But, changing ports
accomplishes 2 things:
1) It exponentially changes the time it takes to discover ssh target hosts.
2) It removes you from the group of low-hanging fruit.
-Jim P.